Service Opportunity -Calling for Editors: Feminism in Focus
We are looking for York University faculty with strong public writing skills or journalism experience to become the Editors of the CFR’s Feminisms in Focus series.
The series features interviews with CFR faculty, students and associates, for instance, visiting scholars.
Besides interviews, there are also “Dispatches” which are short, lively descriptions, for general audiences, of CFR events.
These help to introduce diverse feminist and 2SLGBTQ+ ideas to general publics and keep a public record of the important ideas shared at CFR events.
The Editors will be responsible for:-arranging at least 4 interviews with CFR associates per academic year-arranging at least 4 CFR event organizers to write a “Dispatch” -creating a call for student writers and identifying student writers -helping student interviewers formulate questions and edit transcripts for publication-coming up with new ideas for the series, subject to the approval of the CFR Director
If you are interested, submit 200-500 words explaining your interest and writing experience, a short CV, and two short writing samples to: the cfr-coor@yorku.ca. if you are a team, submit one page total, a short CV, and one writing sample each.
This is service to the CFR and your role as Editors should be included on your CV.
Rolling applications to a hard deadline of June 1, 2024.
If you would like to know more before applying, email the CFR Director: Elaine Coburn, ecoburn@yorku.ca